Sjafar Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Sjafar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 57 | 1:2,320,161 | 139,963 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sjafar (97) may also be a first name.
Sjafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sjafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sjafar (Hindi: एसजाफर) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sjafar? popularity and diffusion
Sjafar is the 2,506,728th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sjafar live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 962,660th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 97 people.
Sjafar is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 2,320,161. In Indonesia Sjafar is most numerous in: West Java, where 70 percent live and North Maluku, where 25 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sjafar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sjafar in the Hindi language | ||
| एसजाफर | esajaphara | 50 |
| सैजफर | saijaphara | 25 |
| सजफर | sajaphara | 25 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sjafar
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